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The OSU football team won the Big Ten Conference Leaders Division after beating Wisconsin. andrew holleran / Photo editor
OSU junior receiver Corey Brown (10) celebrates with redshirt sophomore cornerback Bradley Roby (1) after scoring a touchdown Saturday.
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MADISON, Wis. — Urban Meyer paced up and down the Ohio State sideline, staring at his play sheet and presumably looking for answers. Buckeye players sat on the benches, quietly listening to instructions yelled out by their position coaches. Fans clad in scarlet and gray stood in disbelief as Wisconsin faithful screamed and jumped with joy around them. Nearly everyone associated with the OSU football program — those in attendance and probably those watching on TV, too — were noticeably tense after the Badgers scored with eight seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime Saturday night. OSU went on to win the contest at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis., 21-14, allowing Buckeye Nation to breathe a collective sigh of relief. But maybe there was no reason to be nervous in the first place. Winning close contests is what the Buckeyes have been doing all season.
Saturday was the second overtime game of the year, the sixth outing in which OSU was either tied or trailing at some point in the second half and the fifth battle that was decided by one score. And OSU (11-0) won every single one of those games, keeping the dream of a perfect season alive. The win against Wisconsin did more than just continue the Buckeyes undefeated trek, too. It handed OSU a Big Ten Leaders Division Championship, and propelled the Buckeyes to a No. 4 ranking by the Associated Press heading into the final game of the season against No. 20-ranked Michigan. In a season in which the Buckeyes are ineligible for the postseason, OSU has some hardware. With its high ranking in the AP poll, a chance for an AP National Championship is possible for OSU as well. Above it all, they just keep winning. “I think that this team won’t lose. We refuse to lose. That’s what great teams are made of. They find ways to win. They come into tough environments and just come out with W’s,� said senior linebacker Zach Boren.
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University: Stay dry on Mirror Lake night chayton nye Lantern reporter nye.87@osu.edu
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Buckeye students and some loyal fans are preparing to take the cold plunge into Mirror Lake, but university departments advise that students refrain from the Michigan Week tradition. “Student Life strongly, strongly discourages students from taking part in the Mirror Lake jump,� said Office of Student Life spokesman Dave Isaacs. “This is not a university sanctioned event. It’s not safe and we don’t want to see any student injured in any way.� More than 2,500 spectators watched as about 300 participants were in the lake during the hours after midnight last year. In 2010 an estimated 30,000 people came out for the event, which led to six arrests and several people being treated at Wexner Medical Center for a range of ailments, including hypothermia and sprained ankles. Three students were arrested in 2011 for disorderly conduct, and another for assault on an officer and resisting arrest, according to Lantern archives. With the jump Tuesday, Isaacs said there is a list of reasons why students shouldn’t jump. “It is generally a cold night,� Isaacs said. “The water is cold, the air is cold and that means that hypothermia is a significant risk.� Tuesday evening the temperature is expected to drop to 43 degrees with a 20 percent chance of rain,
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OSU students fill Mirror Lake on Nov. 22, 2011, the Tuesday before the Buckeyes faced Michigan as part of a Beat Michigan Week tradition. according to The Weather Channel. The weather is expected to be similar to last year’s Mirror Lake jump where winds between 19 and 30 mph made the mid-50s temperature feel more like 43 degrees. “The bottom is rocky, lending itself to cuts. There is garbage underwater, all sorts of things accumulated. You really don’t even want to think about what you are stepping in,� he said.
Despite the advice from the university, many students still plan on jumping and believe taking part in the “tradition� is a rite of passage at Ohio State. “If you go to Ohio State, you have to jump in Mirror Lake at least once throughout your career here,� said Andrea Lager, a fourth-year in communication. “I would
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New associate AD to earn $225K annually dan hope Senior Lantern reporter hope.46@osu.edu The Ohio State Athletics Department hired a new head of development, and they didn’t have to search far to find him. Dan Cloran, former senior director of development and alumni relations for OSU’s College of Arts and Sciences, officially became the university’s executive associate athletic director of development on Nov. 1. Cloran, who previously oversaw the athletic development at Xavier University from 2001-2010 before taking a position at OSU, said he is “very happy� to be working in an athletics department again. “I’ve always had the desire to get back into athletics development,� Cloran said in an interview with The Lantern. “I just have a huge passion for athletics. Not for the excitement of it, but I see what it does for folks that may not have had any other opportunity to go to college but because of their athletic ability.� Cloran came to OSU in January 2010 as a leader for the principal gifts team, which focuses on private donations, in University Development. Cloran started his position with the College of Arts and Sciences in July 2011. In his new position, Cloran is responsible for overseeing all major fundraising operations within the athletic department, including oversight of the
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Dan Cloran is the new OSU executive associate athletic director of development. Buckeye Club, an OSU athletics fundraising group. Cloran said he and his department will also play a large role in supporting the “But for Ohio State� campaign, the university’s $2.5 billion fundraising initiative. “We need to find more and more people that have an interest in supporting what we’re trying to do here (in Ohio State athletics),� Cloran said. “It’s
105,000 people that come in the stadium every home Saturday. As far as I’m concerned, every one of those folks has an interest in Ohio State.â€? In the past year, Cloran led what Joseph Steinmetz, executive dean and vice provost of the College of Arts and Sciences, called “the best year of fundraising collectively in Arts and Sciences we ever had.â€? Steinmetz said the college raised nearly $35 million in Cloran’s time leading its development. “You couldn’t ask for much more than that,â€? Steinmetz said. Cloran said he feels that the development team “met and surpassedâ€? their goals during his time in the college, but felt that moving into the athletics department was an opportunity he could not pass up. “I wanted to get back into athletics and the fact that I get to do it at Ohio State ‌ there’s nothing like it,â€? Cloran said. “I have a desire at some point to potentially become an athletic director ‌ I always had it in the back of my mind (to join the OSU athletics department if the opportunity presented itself).â€? OSU athletics director Gene Smith said Cloran is a “national leader in his field.â€? “Dan is one of the most talented development officers in the country,â€? Smith said in an email. “His experience at Xavier University and here in our University Foundation uniquely prepared him for this position.â€? Smith said Cloran will receive a total annual
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